BitCraft is a new game in development that aims to combine different genres. Primarily, it is an MMORPG, but it wants to incorporate elements from survival, building, and strategy games. Visually, it is reminiscent of the popular Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
What kind of game is this exactly? In BitCraft, you start as a being imbued with a mystical power. However, you will have to gradually acquire its special abilities. Overall, the game places a strong emphasis on sandbox elements and cooperation between players:
- There are no fixed classes and no character levels. Instead, you improve individual skills and disciplines. For example, you will be displayed as “Level 34 Woodcutter” instead of as a character with level 34.
- The focus of the MMORPG is on PvE. Outside of towns, you should explore the wilderness to find materials and lost technologies. Discovery plays an important role.
- Crafting is expected to offer various disciplines, including farming, fishing, mining, lumberjacking, hunting, cooking, blacksmithing, and leatherworking.
- There will be timegates in crafting, but they should feel realistic, such as watching a grain grow. Here it would be unrealistic if players could harvest it immediately.
- All players will play together on one server. The servers are expected to be able to continually generate new pieces of the world as more players join, similar to Minecraft.
- Only through cooperation will players be able to master huge projects, such as building cities. For cities, the guilds that claim a land will determine who can build and who cannot. Multiple cities will also be able to form alliances.
- PvP battles are not planned for the moment, but they are not ruled out either.
Visually, BitCraft is somewhat reminiscent of Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact. The game is also expected to offer movement options such as climbing and swimming. In this trailer, you can watch first gameplay from 2021:
Test in November focuses on new movement and farming
What is currently happening with BitCraft? From November 18 to 20, a pre-alpha test will take place. New players are to be invited who have not had the chance to try BitCraft yet.
A completely new movement system, new world content, and an initial version of farming will be tested. Additionally, players will be able to build their own boats for the first time. Adjustments to fishing and hunting, which were present in a previous test, will also be made.
However, the developers emphasize that this is a pre-alpha and that there will be many unfinished contents and bugs.
How can you participate in the alpha? On the official website, you can sign up with your email and hope for an invitation. However, players who actively contribute in Discord and who participated in the last event are mainly expected to be invited for this test.
Every invited player, however, will receive a key for a friend, which significantly increases the number of testers overall.
On Twitter, the developers constantly share small snippets about their game, including this lovely picnic blanket that players can spread out:
When is BitCraft supposed to be released? As the MMORPG is still in a pre-alpha phase, the release will take a few more years. The developers from Clockwork Labs in America have not yet provided a time frame.
However, they have revealed that BitCraft will first be released for PC, but later will become a cross-platform game.
What funding model does the game use? There is no final statement. However, the initial entry is expected to be free, as BitCraft aims to target a large community. Many indications suggest a free-to-play model with a shop.
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